481 Riverside Drive
BBL 1019910032Morningside Heights · Manhattan
Floors
19
Built
1927
Area
259.6ksf
Units
0
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Address
PLUTO · DOF parcel identity
- Property address
- 481 RIVERSIDE DRIVE
- Alternate address(es)
- 478-480 Riverside Dr490-498 Riverside Dr621 West 120 St629-635 West 120 St81 Claremont Ave
- Zip code
- 10027
- Neighborhood
- Morningside Heights
- Borough
- Manhattan
- Block & lot
- 01991-0032
Zoning & buildable
Lot 76,371 sf · R8
- Zoning district
- R8
- Landmark
- INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK
- PLUTO building class
- M1
INDIVIDUAL LANDMARK — LPC approval required for any vertical expansion or significant alteration.
Development headroom detected — the FAR breakdown, max buildable envelope and unused-sf math are in the full report.
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PLUTO · owner of record
THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH
- Ownership form
- Other
- Last recorded sale
- None since 2000
Tenancy & use
PLUTO units + DHCR rent-stabilization roll
0residential unitsnon-stabilized
- Residential sq. ft.
- 0
- Commercial sq. ft.
- 259,640
- PLUTO class
- M1
Lot
PLUTO · DOF parcel geometry
- Lot area
- 76,371 sf
- Dimensions
- 453.7 × 200.0 ft
- Position
- Mid-block · west side
- Front street
- CLAREMONT AVE
- D/F ratio
- 0.4 — shallow lot (atypical for NYC)
Financial
NYC Department of Finance · assessment + last recorded sale
- Total assessment
- $35.5M
- Land value
- $2.8M
- Exempt
- $35.5M($0 taxable)
- $/sf (implied)
- $137
Compliance
HPD & DOB · violations + complaints + jobs
Minor activity
2 open HPD violations · 0 open HPD complaints · 3 active DOB jobs
- HPD violations (24 months)
- 0
- DOB violations (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (24 months)
- 0
- HPD complaints (open)
- 0
- DOB jobs (24 months)
- 14
$4.1M in alteration permits over last 24 months
Provenance
Every datum on this page is sourced from public NYC + federal datasets, refreshed on the schedule below.
| Source | What it covers | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|
| PLUTO | NYC DCP · physical / zoning / ownership baseline | Jul 9, 2026 |
| ACRIS | NYC DOF · deed + mortgage history | Jul 9, 2026 |
| HPD | Housing Preservation & Development · violations + complaints | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DOB | Department of Buildings · violations + permits | Jul 9, 2026 |
| DHCR | Rent Stabilization roll (through 2024) | Jul 9, 2026 |
| LPC | Landmarks Preservation Commission · landmark status | not loaded |
| Footprint | NYC DoITT photogrammetric building polygons | not loaded |
Assembled at Jul 9, 2026. Discrepancies between sources reflect upstream-data quality, not assembly bugs — file in our quality tracker.